Puspure So Close to World Rowing Championships Bronze Medal

31st August 2014

#ROWING: Ireland’s encouraging campaign at the World Rowing Championships ended with another remarkable result today. Sanita Puspure took fourth in the women’s single sculls, just 1.17 seconds off a medal in this high-profile discipline. Emma Twigg of New Zealand won gold, vanquishing her Australian rival Kim Crow, who took silver. Duan Jingli of China made third her own for the second half of the race. But Puspure, who was fourth by four seconds at 1500 metres, threw everything she had into the last 250 metres. She closed fast on the Chinese and was just half a boatlength behind her on the line.

World Rowing Championships, Day Eight (Irish interest, selected results):

Men

Lightweight Four – A Final: 1 Denmark 5:47.15, 2 New Zealand 5:48.76, 3 Britain (M Aldred, P Chambers, R Chambers, C Bartley) 5:49.58.

Women

Double Sculls – B Final (Places 7 to 12): 1 Netherlands 5:06.20, 2 Russia 5:09.13, 3 Germany 5:09.17, 4 Ukraine 5:14.12, 5 Ireland (H Hannigan, M Dukarska) 5:16.36, 6 Denmark 5:16.55.

Single Sculls – A Final: 1 New Zealand (E Twigg) 7:14.95, 2 Australia (K Crow) 7:17.33, 3 China (Jingli Duan) 7:22.57; 4 Ireland (S Puspure) 7:23.74, 5 Austria 7:32.04, 6 Russia 7:36.64.

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Liam Gorman is a writer and reporter. He is the co-author of Little Lady, One Man, Big Ocean, published in the United States and Canada as Crossing the Swell. He is the rowing correspondent of the Irish Times.

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